RUSSIAN EMPRESS CATHERINE THE GREAT SILVER TABLE MEDAL,Undated, issued 1768. One side depicting Catherine the Great after the original by I. B. Gass, surrounded by Cyrillic inscription; the reverse depicting the goddess Ceres, with the Cyrillic inscription "Reward for Good Deeds." Later mounted in a sterling silver box - 9 oz., 8 dwt.; 2 1/2 in. diam., coin; 3 1/2 in. x 3 in. x 3/4 in., box. Estimate $4,000-5,000
PROVENANCE: Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Tx, "James C. Russo Collection of Royal Artifacts," April 24, 2008; sale 5003, lot 36042
NOTES: An award medal issued by the Free Economic Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture and Husbandry.
The coin is a copy after the original by A Klepikov
